Will Ohio legalize marijuana this year?Funding efforts are lagging

Support for medical use is growing; financial backing is far behind

10:36 PM,
Mar. 5, 2014

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In 2003, Rob Ryan got cancer - the second of his three battles against the disease. This time, it was in his colon.

The chemotherapy was wreaking havoc in his body. He wasn't eating. Medicines his doctor prescribed didn't stem his nausea. He was allergic to the opiates he received. Ryan, of Blue Ash, was wasting away.

"So I said, 'Forget this,' and I started to use marijuana. It worked," Ryan told The Enquirer. He smoked in an upstairs bathroom. Soon, even his wife was convinced. ...